Lintneria maura

Lintneria maura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Lintneria
Species: L. maura
Binomial name
Lintneria maura
(Burmeister, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx maura Burmeister, 1879

Lintneria maura is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Argentina and Bolivia.[2]

The wingspan is about 80 mm. Adults have been recorded from May to October in Bolivia and from November to December in Argentina.

There are orange-yellow transverse median lines on the abdomen upperside. Adults have been recorded in late January in Brazil.

The larvae probably feed on Lamiaceae (such as Salvia, Mentha, Monarda and Hyptis), Hydrophylloideae (such as Wigandia) and Verbenaceae species (such as Verbena and Lantana).

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.